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I am empowered—are you?
Category: Opinion Written by Marc H. Morial
(NNPA)—“I pledge to responsibly commit my time and talent to ensure that the nation is empowered to eliminate racial gaps and disparities in housing, education, employment and health care by 2025...”
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Last week, the National Urban League officially kicked off its centennial celebration and takes its century-long fight for equal opportunity and empowerment to the next level. The centerpiece of our celebration is a bold, new social mobilization campaign which we are calling “I am empowered.”
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Last Updated on Monday, 03 December 2012 19:20
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Fight campus racism
Category: Opinion Written by Judge Greg Mathis
Since the election of President Obama, we’ve seen a resurgence of racism in every sector of society. From growing websites that allow users to spew anonymously to on-air personalities sharing their prejudiced views with others, the displays have been, to say the least, disturbing. Many people believe these types of acts are carried out by lower class, uneducated people, not yet aligned with modern views of tolerance. The most recent incident, which took place on a college campus, may change all of our views on that.
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Last Updated on Monday, 03 December 2012 19:20
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Editorial...Congress should pass health care reform bill now!
Category: Opinion Written by Courier Newsroom
President Obama is right to urge Democrats to move quickly to pass comprehensive health care reform legislation. There has been months of debate on this issue. All sides have been heard.
Attempts at a bipartisan compromise have failed.
The recent health care reform summit hosted by the president between top Democratic and Republican leadership in the House and Senate shows that the two major parties have fundamental differences on health care reform that will not be overcome with more time.
Last Updated on Monday, 03 December 2012 19:20
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Just in time: Obama targets HBCUs for increased spending
Category: Opinion
(NNPA)—As the proud graduate of an Historically Black University and having worked in one for most of my academic career, I approve of President Barack Obama having broken his pledge not to govern by race or ethnicity just in time to increase spending for HBCUs. These institutions are still vitally relevant to the production of a Black middle class because, while they only constitute 3 percent of all institutions of higher education, they graduate 20 percent of all Black undergrads.
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Last Updated on Monday, 03 December 2012 19:20
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Too much focus on yesteryear?
Category: Opinion Written by Louis 'Hop' Kendrick
An overwhelming number of us are students of events and accomplishments of those men and women who were Black History-makers.
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There are those of us who recite during Black History Month the names of persons starting with the builders of the pyramids, inventors, WEB Dubois, Paul Robeson, Langston Hughes, Marcus Garvey, Nat Turner, A. Phillip Randolph, Harriett Tubman, So Journer Truth, etc., etc.
Last Updated on Monday, 03 December 2012 19:20
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